The Beasts of Electra Drive

Name: The Beasts of Electra Drive
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Rohan Quine
ISBN: 9780992754990

Author: Rohan Quine

Narrator: Rohan Quine

Unabridged: 12 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: EC1 Digital

Published: 11/08/2018

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

From Hollywood Hills mansions and Century City towers, to South Central motels and the oceanside refinery, The Beasts of Electra Drive by Rohan Quine spans a mythic L.A., following seven spectacular characters (or Beasts) from games designer Jaymi’s game-worlds. The intensity of those Beasts’ creation cycles leads to their release into real life in seemingly human forms, and to their combative protection of him from destructive rivals at mainstream company Bang Dead Games. Grand spaces of beauty interlock with narrow rooms of terror, both in the real world and in cyberspace. A prequel to Quine’s other five tales (and Winner in the NYC Big Book Award 2021, and a Finalist in the IAN Book of the Year Awards 2018), The Beasts of Electra Drive is a unique explosion of glamour and beauty, horror and enchantment, exploring the mechanisms and magic of creativity itself.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kiran on September 28, 2021

In The Beasts of Electra Drive, Rohan Quine merges the techno-psychological with the interior. The Beasts of Electra Drive follows the character Jaymi, a constant recurring character in Quine's books, perhaps a cypher for Quine himself. The novel attempts to speak to cyber-creation and the repercuss......more

Goodreads review by S.B. on April 11, 2018

The Beasts of Electra Drive is technologically intelligent, socially clever, and supernaturally chilling - a trippy sci-fi tale from Rohan Quine. To start, let me talk a bit about that first part, the technology. This is a book that is heavily invested in the creation of technology, the programming o......more

Goodreads review by Hermione on June 01, 2019

An extraordinary genre-defining and fascinating novel. So timely as cynical, talentless and opioid-pushing mass-media owners try and downgrade all popular culture - Rupert Murdoch/tv producers and ilk, I'm looking at you. Like a lyrical poem from ancient times. But more violent and with more gay sex......more

Goodreads review by Theediscerning on January 28, 2018

An intriguing premise – a programmer finds his computer game characters coming to life, when his output is vitally important to the sanity of the world – is let down by rigid patterning and mucho repetition, and not going the way it should. Still, I think it's worth a look - the author can certainly......more